Guest guest Posted March 28, 2006 Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 I have the same problem with Liberty. They keep on calling. I just hang up on them. I felt high pressured when they first call me when I was asking for information about an month ago. The glucometer they send me was not as good as my Breeze, according to several reviews I read on the 'net. I send the package back unopened. I felt exploited by them. Last Monday, I had my first follow up since I was diagnosed with type two diabetes. My average since the first of March was 124 and my two week average was 119. I am on a 1800 calories diet and lost 10 pounds in 4 weeks. I am still experimenting with what to eat and what not to eat. I can only live day to day and do the best I can. This is a great group. Ken sunny T wrote: > I use Liberty for my test strips. I haven't had any > problems with them. They do call alot though. > > -sunny > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2006 Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 wow...if liberty calls as much as they advertise on tv...they must be an irritation... did you pick liberty because you have difficulty getting to a druggist??? i'm lucky...my grocery store has a pharmacy...always service with a smile. i call into their automated refill service and the prescription is ready the next day. when the refills run out, they call my doc for a renewal. thanks for the info... --- Ken Green wrote: > I have the same problem with Liberty. They keep on > calling. I just > hang up on them. I felt high pressured when they > first call me when > I was asking for information about an month ago. > The glucometer > they send me was not as good as my Breeze, according > to several > reviews I read on the 'net. I send the package back > unopened. I felt > exploited by them. > > Last Monday, I had my first follow up since I was > diagnosed with type > two diabetes. My average since the first of March > was 124 and my > two week average was 119. I am on a 1800 calories > diet and lost 10 > pounds in 4 weeks. I am still experimenting with > what to eat and what > not to eat. I can only live day to day and do the > best I can. > > This is a great group. > > Ken > > sunny T wrote: > > I use Liberty for my test strips. I haven't had > any > > problems with them. They do call alot though. > > > > -sunny > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2006 Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 My doctor gave me a prescription for a visual impaired glucometer and none was to be found here in Louisville, KY. I was asking Liberty if they had one. That is when they started being a pest. In talking to a local lady, the cost of the glucometer was $561. I found an Ascensia Breeze glucometer on the 'net for $19, suggested price was $39. Rite Aid has it for $59. Found a place on the 'net to get my test strips (autodisc) and lancet for about half the suggested retail price. Now, being prescribed, even way less. :-) Ken b uj wrote: > wow...if liberty calls as much as they advertise on > tv...they must be an irritation... > > did you pick liberty because you have difficulty > getting to a druggist??? > > i'm lucky...my grocery store has a pharmacy...always > service with a smile. i call into their automated > refill service and the prescription is ready the next > day. when the refills run out, they call my doc for a > renewal. > > thanks for the info... > > > > --- Ken Green wrote: > > > I have the same problem with Liberty. They keep on > > calling. I just > > hang up on them. I felt high pressured when they > > first call me when > > I was asking for information about an month ago. > > The glucometer > > they send me was not as good as my Breeze, according > > to several > > reviews I read on the 'net. I send the package back > > unopened. I felt > > exploited by them. > > > > Last Monday, I had my first follow up since I was > > diagnosed with type > > two diabetes. My average since the first of March > > was 124 and my > > two week average was 119. I am on a 1800 calories > > diet and lost 10 > > pounds in 4 weeks. I am still experimenting with > > what to eat and what > > not to eat. I can only live day to day and do the > > best I can. > > > > This is a great group. > > > > Ken > > > > sunny T wrote: > > > I use Liberty for my test strips. I haven't had > > any > > > problems with them. They do call alot though. > > > > > > -sunny > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > > removed] > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2006 Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 Ken, if you don't mind me asking, what kind of visual impairment do you have? I have retinitis pigmentosa with cone/rod dystrophy. I'm just curious. Lois Re: Liberty My doctor gave me a prescription for a visual impaired glucometer and none was to be found here in Louisville, KY. I was asking Liberty if they had one. That is when they started being a pest. In talking to a local lady, the cost of the glucometer was $561. I found an Ascensia Breeze glucometer on the 'net for $19, suggested price was $39. Rite Aid has it for $59. Found a place on the 'net to get my test strips (autodisc) and lancet for about half the suggested retail price. Now, being prescribed, even way less. :-) Ken b uj wrote: > wow...if liberty calls as much as they advertise on > tv...they must be an irritation... > > did you pick liberty because you have difficulty > getting to a druggist??? > > i'm lucky...my grocery store has a pharmacy...always > service with a smile. i call into their automated > refill service and the prescription is ready the next > day. when the refills run out, they call my doc for a > renewal. > > thanks for the info... > > > > --- Ken Green wrote: > > > I have the same problem with Liberty. They keep on > > calling. I just > > hang up on them. I felt high pressured when they > > first call me when > > I was asking for information about an month ago. > > The glucometer > > they send me was not as good as my Breeze, according > > to several > > reviews I read on the 'net. I send the package back > > unopened. I felt > > exploited by them. > > > > Last Monday, I had my first follow up since I was > > diagnosed with type > > two diabetes. My average since the first of March > > was 124 and my > > two week average was 119. I am on a 1800 calories > > diet and lost 10 > > pounds in 4 weeks. I am still experimenting with > > what to eat and what > > not to eat. I can only live day to day and do the > > best I can. > > > > This is a great group. > > > > Ken > > > > sunny T wrote: > > > I use Liberty for my test strips. I haven't had > > any > > > problems with them. They do call alot though. > > > > > > -sunny > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > > removed] > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2006 Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 My husband has been using Liberty for some years and I just started. They do call and send advertising now and again but with all the junk mail we get I don't think they send too much at all. My phone interactions with them getting started (I'm newly dxed) have been very helpful, respectful and friendly. Maybe I just lucked out with the reps I got??? Anyway, I like the convenience of having things mailed to me n case I get sick or run out or whatever. lazy? no - sick :-( JUDITH Re: Liberty > I have the same problem with Liberty. They keep on calling. I just > hang up on them. I felt high pressured when they first call me when > I was asking for information about an month ago. The glucometer > they send me was not as good as my Breeze, according to several > reviews I read on the 'net. I send the package back unopened. I felt > exploited by them. > > Last Monday, I had my first follow up since I was diagnosed with type > two diabetes. My average since the first of March was 124 and my > two week average was 119. I am on a 1800 calories diet and lost 10 > pounds in 4 weeks. I am still experimenting with what to eat and what > not to eat. I can only live day to day and do the best I can. > > This is a great group. > > Ken > > sunny T wrote: > > I use Liberty for my test strips. I haven't had any > > problems with them. They do call alot though. > > > > -sunny > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2006 Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 With any company as soon as they have your address and phone number, they are legally allowed to call or mail you whatever they want. To stop this, contact the company either by phone or thru their website and tell them you want them to take you off their mailing list, " do not sell, rent, give, or share my info, name, address, phone number, or email address with other 3rd parties or company affiliates " . They use different terms so I would cover it all. Some of them are sneaky in that if you don't say a particular word they. Once you have given any company your name, address, or phone they are free to pass it on. I just got done writing about 50 companies. It gets out of hand quickly. Website privacy policies are different than their regular policies in most cases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2006 Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 I was born with having extreme bilateral nearsightedness and profound bilateral deafness in the high tones range. I have several cataracts in both eyes now and was just recommended to have laser beams to break up the cataracts in both eyes. I don't have diabetic retinapathy. They could not see inside the right eye at all. They claimed to improve my left eye vision from 20/200 plus to 20/60. Success rate is 99 percent. A little scared as I have been told for 30 years, no surgery. Too risky. ed and lois wrote: > Ken, if you don't mind me asking, what kind of visual impairment do > you have? I have retinitis pigmentosa with cone/rod dystrophy. I'm > just curious. Lois > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2006 Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 Retinitis pigmentosa has nothing to do with diabetes. It's where you have night blindness and lose your periphical (sp?) vision and slowly go blind. I'm having a harder and harder time reading my monitor and hitting the insulin bottle without dulling the needle. My husband will soon have to learn how to do all of this stuff even tho' I know he doesn't want to. I hope the time comes later than sooner. Lois Re: Liberty I was born with having extreme bilateral nearsightedness and profound bilateral deafness in the high tones range. I have several cataracts in both eyes now and was just recommended to have laser beams to break up the cataracts in both eyes. I don't have diabetic retinapathy. They could not see inside the right eye at all. They claimed to improve my left eye vision from 20/200 plus to 20/60. Success rate is 99 percent. A little scared as I have been told for 30 years, no surgery. Too risky. ed and lois wrote: > Ken, if you don't mind me asking, what kind of visual impairment do > you have? I have retinitis pigmentosa with cone/rod dystrophy. I'm > just curious. Lois > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2006 Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 My sister uses Libery and says she likes it. But my neighbor used Liberty before she had a stroke and wound up in a nursing ( she passer away last year) had trouble with them. She said she had to call them all the time to get them to deliver her supp;ies. Are all of you using Liberty on Medicare because every thing they have sent me says you have to be on Medicare? I have a few years to go for that. Lois Re: Liberty > I have the same problem with Liberty. They keep on calling. I just > hang up on them. I felt high pressured when they first call me when > I was asking for information about an month ago. The glucometer > they send me was not as good as my Breeze, according to several > reviews I read on the 'net. I send the package back unopened. I felt > exploited by them. > > Last Monday, I had my first follow up since I was diagnosed with type > two diabetes. My average since the first of March was 124 and my > two week average was 119. I am on a 1800 calories diet and lost 10 > pounds in 4 weeks. I am still experimenting with what to eat and what > not to eat. I can only live day to day and do the best I can. > > This is a great group. > > Ken > > sunny T wrote: > > I use Liberty for my test strips. I haven't had any > > problems with them. They do call alot though. > > > > -sunny > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2006 Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 At 10:08 AM Tuesday, you wrote: >did you pick liberty because you have difficulty >getting to a druggist??? > >---------- My insurance will only pay if I do mail order. I ended up with Certified Diabetes Supplies, one of the suppliers recommended by my insurance. So far, so good. -- Mommy to (3/6/93) and Bridget (10/4/97) ==== Somebody's got to be unafraid to lead the freak parade. - Big & Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2006 Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 I don't have Medicare until the first of May, having been on Social Security disability for two years then due to being declared legally blind. I will be 63 in the middle of June. I have Blue Cross coverage from my federal retirement plan. Liberty told me that they would accept Blue Cross but they did not provide a proper glucometer as required by my physician. I am refusing to do business with them. I get the impression from Liberty that if you have Medicare, the sky the limit. Ken ed and lois wrote: > My sister uses Libery and says she likes it. But my neighbor used > Liberty before she had a stroke and wound up in a nursing ( she passer > away last year) had trouble with them. She said she had to call them > all the time to get them to deliver her supp;ies. Are all of you using > Liberty on Medicare because every thing they have sent me says you > have to be on Medicare? I have a few years to go for that. Lois > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2006 Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 I'll be 62 on June 21st and my husband will be 63 the same day. He's bee on social security disability for about 8 years and medicare about 6. He's not diabetic but could be some day as it runs in his family on both sides. What kind of meter did Liberty want to give you? I use a Precision xtre. Lois Re: Liberty I don't have Medicare until the first of May, having been on Social Security disability for two years then due to being declared legally blind. I will be 63 in the middle of June. I have Blue Cross coverage from my federal retirement plan. Liberty told me that they would accept Blue Cross but they did not provide a proper glucometer as required by my physician. I am refusing to do business with them. I get the impression from Liberty that if you have Medicare, the sky the limit. Ken ed and lois wrote: > My sister uses Libery and says she likes it. But my neighbor used > Liberty before she had a stroke and wound up in a nursing ( she passer > away last year) had trouble with them. She said she had to call them > all the time to get them to deliver her supp;ies. Are all of you using > Liberty on Medicare because every thing they have sent me says you > have to be on Medicare? I have a few years to go for that. Lois > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2006 Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 My mom has RP. also. She got the screen that attaches to the coputer, also the screen that attaches to the TV and also the talking watch, etc. The State had a Low Vision program, no income involved, and she got all kinds of things to help as her vision decreased. I will try to find the site that I have that lists a lot of the stuff. Tucson Kitty Re: Liberty Retinitis pigmentosa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2006 Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 I have gotten some stuff from my state " s(Minnesota) Institute for the Blind. In fact I just got a new pair of sun glasses, the orange kkind, and two new magnifiers, one for my purse and one for reading at home. He had one to wear on your head so you could do crafts but that didn't work for me. I don't need anything for the computer or tv yet. My biggest problem with th tv is seeing the whole screen so I miss alot because I see suck a small portion of it and then these programs that are so dark. It looks like a dark screen with a little movement in it once in awhile. I mostly just listen. How advanced is your mom's rp? I can't drive any more so this site and the rp site are keeping me half way sane. I don't get out much and we live in the country, no close neighbors. Thank you. Lois Re: Liberty Retinitis pigmentosa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 Not only what said, but keep in mind: each time you purchase something from them you have established a new relationship, and they are free to call you again. So even if you get off of Liberty's list, the minute you place another order, you are back on the 'call' list again. (Unless of course they have other policies). Mike > > With any company as soon as they have your address and phone number, > they are legally allowed to call or mail you whatever they want. To > stop this, contact the company either by phone or thru their website > and tell them you want them to take you off their mailing list, " do > not sell, rent, give, or share my info, name, address, phone number, > or email address with other 3rd parties or company affiliates " . They > use different terms so I would cover it all. Some of them are sneaky > in that if you don't say a particular word they. Once you have given > any company your name, address, or phone they are free to pass it on. > I just got done writing about 50 companies. It gets out of hand > quickly. Website privacy policies are different than their regular > policies in most cases. > > > > > > > Diabetes homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/diabetes/ > > To unsubscribe to this group, send an email to: > diabetes-unsubscribe > Hope you come back soon! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 Yes, you are right about that. Mike wrote: Not only what said, but keep in mind: each time you purchase something from them you have established a new relationship, and they are free to call you again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 It was a Liberty Optium BG Meter. I read several reviews of it on the 'net when I found out what it was after I returned the package back to them. There was no comparison between my Breeze meter and the Optium. I was insulted. The hardest part is learning to stick myself with the lancet. As a small boy, I was terrified of needles and fought to save my life. :-) It take me several seconds--long second--to push the button to prick myself. Ouch! The next worse part is trying to figure out what, when to eat and how much to eat. Ken ed and lois wrote: > I'll be 62 on June 21st and my husband will be 63 the same day. He's > bee on social security disability for about 8 years and medicare about > 6. He's not diabetic but could be some day as it runs in his family on > both sides. What kind of meter did Liberty want to give you? I use a > Precision xtre. Lois > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 I am letting them talk to the answering machine. If they reach me in person, I just hang up. Mike wrote: > Not only what said, but keep in mind: each time you purchase > something from them you have established a new relationship, and they are > free to call you again. > > So even if you get off of Liberty's list, the minute you place another > order, you are back on the 'call' list again. (Unless of course they have > other policies). > > Mike > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 I didn't pick them. My Doctor did. They ordered the monitor that I needed for one handed testing and the supplies to go with it. I still get the strips from Liberty because my regular pharmacy was having a problem transferring the script. The cost is the same to me whereever it comes from, so I just do whats easier. -sunny --- b uj wrote: > wow...if liberty calls as much as they advertise on > tv...they must be an irritation... > > did you pick liberty because you have difficulty > getting to a druggist??? > > i'm lucky...my grocery store has a pharmacy...always > service with a smile. i call into their automated > refill service and the prescription is ready the > next > day. when the refills run out, they call my doc for > a > renewal. > > thanks for the info... > > > > --- Ken Green wrote: > > > I have the same problem with Liberty. They keep > on > > calling. I just > > hang up on them. I felt high pressured when they > > first call me when > > I was asking for information about an month ago. > > The glucometer > > they send me was not as good as my Breeze, > according > > to several > > reviews I read on the 'net. I send the package > back > > unopened. I felt > > exploited by them. > > > > Last Monday, I had my first follow up since I was > > diagnosed with type > > two diabetes. My average since the first of March > > was 124 and my > > two week average was 119. I am on a 1800 calories > > diet and lost 10 > > pounds in 4 weeks. I am still experimenting with > > what to eat and what > > not to eat. I can only live day to day and do the > > best I can. > > > > This is a great group. > > > > Ken > > > > sunny T wrote: > > > I use Liberty for my test strips. I haven't had > > any > > > problems with them. They do call alot though. > > > > > > -sunny > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > > removed] > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 Medicare pays Liberty for me. -Sunny --- ed and lois wrote: > My sister uses Libery and says she likes it. But my > neighbor used Liberty before she had a stroke and > wound up in a nursing ( she passer away last year) > had trouble with them. She said she had to call them > all the time to get them to deliver her supp;ies. > Are all of you using Liberty on Medicare because > every thing they have sent me says you have to be on > Medicare? I have a few years to go for that. Lois > Re: Liberty > > > > I have the same problem with Liberty. They keep > on calling. I just > > hang up on them. I felt high pressured when > they first call me when > > I was asking for information about an month ago. > The glucometer > > they send me was not as good as my Breeze, > according to several > > reviews I read on the 'net. I send the package > back unopened. I felt > > exploited by them. > > > > Last Monday, I had my first follow up since I > was diagnosed with type > > two diabetes. My average since the first of > March was 124 and my > > two week average was 119. I am on a 1800 > calories diet and lost 10 > > pounds in 4 weeks. I am still experimenting > with what to eat and what > > not to eat. I can only live day to day and do > the best I can. > > > > This is a great group. > > > > Ken > > > > sunny T wrote: > > > I use Liberty for my test strips. I haven't > had any > > > problems with them. They do call alot though. > > > > > > -sunny > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > > > > > > Diabetes homepage: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/diabetes/ > > > > To unsubscribe to this group, send an email to: > diabetes-unsubscribe > > Hope you come back soon! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 I'm in MN too....Twin Cities area. ~Marisa > > My mom is in Kimball, Mn in asst'd Liv'g. > Where are you in MN? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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